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The WNBA title will be decided by tonight's Game 5 between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Minnesota Lynx. It's the third straight year with a decisive Game 5. The Lynx won in 2015, and the Sparks beat the Lynx in Game 5 last year. The Sparks and Lynx have identical point totals over their last 12 head-to-head meetings.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

Halftime: Lynx 43, Sparks 31

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

LA mayor Eric Garcetti is here to watch the LA Sparks.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

Candace Parker before Game 4 of the WNBA Finals.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

The WNBA championship is in the house. The LA Sparks can win it tonight if they beat the Lynx.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

Candace Parker and her daughter, Lailaa, celebrating the LA Sparks' win last night in the WNBA Finals.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

FINAL: Sparks 75, Lynx 64. The LA Sparks can win their second straight WNBA title on Sunday and fourth in franchise history.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

It's nervous time for Sparky at the WNBA Finals.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

The LA Sparks take a 56-48 lead over the Minnesota Lynx into the fourth quarter in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

This isn't a bad LA Sparks turnout for a 6 p.m. tipoff on a Friday.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

Snoop Dogg just arrived at Staples Center for Game 3 of the WNBA Finals.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

Magic Johnson is courtside for Game 3 of the WNBA Finals. Derek Fisher and Cynthia Cooper are here as well.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

The LA Sparks exited the court prior to the singing of the National Anthem. The Minnesota Lynx stayed on the court.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

LA Sparks fans are ready to see their team go back to back in the WNBA Finals against Minnesota.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

Candace Parker is ready for Game 3 of the WNBA Finals.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

Game 3 of the WNBA Finals is tipping off shortly at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It will be on ESPN2.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

The winning team tonight in the press conference room will be one win away from claiming the WNBA title on Sunday.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

The last time the LA Sparks won the WNBA championship they went back to back, can they do it again this year?

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

Every seat in the lower bowl of Staples Center has this sign on it before Game 3 of the WNBA Finals.

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Arash Markazi ESPN Senior Writer

Game 3 of the WNBA Finals between the LA Sparks and Minnesota Lynx is tonight at Staples Center at 6 p.m. PST on ESPN2.

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Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer

The NCAA has granted University of Houston officials a special waiver to begin distributing donated T-shirts and tennis shoes to people affected by Hurricane Harvey, including high school student-athletes. Cougars athletics director Hunter Yurachek told ESPN that NCAA executive vice president of regulatory affairs Oliver Luck sent him a text message on Saturday morning to notify him that the waiver had been granted.

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Minnesota's 59-point win over Indiana is the largest margin of victory in WNBA history. The previous record was 46 points when Seattle beat Tulsa in 2010.

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Melissa Isaacson ESPN.com

American Desi Linden, 2011 Boston Marathon champion, dumping water on her head in 71-degree weather as she leads the pack at Mile 8 in 44:48. A 13-woman pack sits behind her. "It's nervous and exciting," husband Ryan, a former competitive marathoner and now triathlete said of his wife on local telecast while waiting at the finish. "It's been a pleasure and an honor seeing her get so fit for today."

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If Markelle Fultz is drafted first overall in June, Washington would become the first school to produce the No. 1 pick in both the NBA and WNBA drafts in the same year.

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Katie Richcreek ESPN

South Carolina's Kaela Davis and Allisha Gray: NCAA national champions and Top 10 WNBA draft picks in the same two weeks. Both were taken by the Dallas Wings

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